Maternal cadmium levels during pregnancy associated with lower birth weight in infants in a North Carolina cohort

PLoS ONE

Volumn 9, Issue 10, 2014, Pages

  Johnston, Jill E ^b   Valentiner, Ellis ^c   Maxson, Pamela ^c   Miranda, Marie Lynn ^c,d   Fry, Rebecca C ^a  

^a University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN MEDICAL SCHOOL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CADMIUM; COTININE; POLLUTANT;

ADULT; ARTICLE; BLOOD ANALYSIS; BODY HEIGHT; COHORT ANALYSIS; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; FEMALE; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS WEIGHT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEAD CIRCUMFERENCE; HUMAN; INFANT; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MATERNAL BLOOD; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREGNANCY; PREGNANT WOMAN; PREMATURE LABOR; RISK ASSESSMENT; SMALL FOR DATE INFANT; SMOKING; UNITED STATES; ADVERSE EFFECTS; BLOOD; DRUG EFFECTS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; FETUS; MOTHER; POLLUTANT; YOUNG ADULT;

ADULT; CADMIUM; COHORT STUDIES; ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTANTS; FEMALE; FETUS; HUMANS; INFANT, LOW BIRTH WEIGHT; MALE; MATERNAL EXPOSURE; MOTHERS; NORTH CAROLINA; PREGNANCY; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 84907700530     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19326203     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0109661     Document Type: Article

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